French Court Delays Trial for Ramadam

The trial date for 7 men accused of armed was due to start on September 16th. But the trial has been delay for one of the suscepts off till January because of Ramadam. His lawyer argued that the suscept would be too weak to properly defend himself.BBC

The trial of seven men for armed robbery was due to start on 16 September in Rennes.

But last week the court agreed to a request from a lawyer for one of the accused to put it off until January.

In his letter asking for the delay, the lawyer noted that if the trial were to start now, it would fall in the Muslim month of Ramadan.

His client, a Muslim, would have been fasting for two weeks and thus, he said, be in no position to defend himself properly.

He would be physically weakened and too tired to follow the arguments as he should.

All of a sudden this guy is a devout muslim and before he was out making armed robberies. Wait, so I guess he was a devout muslim all along